Given name & surname
Calbert
“a cowboy”
Calbert is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a cowboy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a cowboy.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Calbert through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 261
- 261 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 327 as a first name in 2020; 1,019 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Calbert’s family of names
Calbert has a related form in Calvert. Calbert has a related form in Calberte. Calbert has a related form in Calbirt.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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